Allo polish Pals!
How are you all doing today? I hope you
had a fantastic weekend, did you get any snow or do anything fun? I
had a long weekend off, it was surprising how tiring those two full
days back at work where! I did a little painting, tidying,
organising. Nothing exciting but having Saturday through to Wednesday
off is giving me time to get my posts in order and catch up on things
I wont be able to do during the end of the week.
Today's nail art is inspired by the
challenge over on Tiny Canvas where the theme is currently
monochrome. I decided to paint an entire scene only with purple
paint. I love painting monochrome however I had absolutely no idea
what to paint.. somehow I ended up with a little
church on an island which I can't help but think looks a little
creepy..
First of all... why is there a church
on this little island and nothing else? Like.. not even a tree. Who
is on the boat, why are they going there..? I can't answer any of
these questions! I am sure if I had painted this in colour it might
look quite sweet and pretty, I really think the purple adds the
creepiness to it!
For this design I began with my beloved
OPI Nail Envy base coat and allowed a minute or so for it to dry. I
then applied two coats of Binky London's 'Purple Shimmer' to both my
thumb nail and pinky for a nice contrast in texture. I do love this
chunky glitter! On my remaining nails I used one coat of ORLY's
'White Tips' from the Breathable collection before swiftly moving on
to the nail art. I used a standard paint brush to create an
acrylic-gradient for my sky, going from dark purple into lighter
purple. I used my Pure Color brush in size #10 to create all the
details, mixing paints to achieve different shades of purple. I
sealed it all in with my ORLY Top2Bottom top coat and eventually
added my Barry M matte top coat.
What do you think of this
design? Do you think this scene looks a little creepy?
Have an awesome day, thank you so much
for stopping by. Be sure to leave your thoughts in the comments
below! I'll see you again on Wednesday.
Love,
Ithi
Wow..You have done it so well. Monochrome nails aren't that easy, need quite a good sense of colors. Your manicure is just perfect and well balanced. :-)
ReplyDeleteYour art blows my mind. Such intricate designs. It must be work of patience and focus. Love the color too. It is so on point with the color of this year.
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Nope, I don't think it looks creepy at all Ithi. Maybe if you'd gone for black and white it would, but the purple makes it look like the little church is bathed in pale moonlight. So pretty
ReplyDeleteThis is brilliant, I don't see creepy I see a lovely church in moonlight. I love this!
ReplyDeleteIt does not looks creepy at all, love the purple color. The details are so beautiful, and the shimmer looks perfect on the sides. Love the monochromatic finish on the nails with the beautiful art and the outer ones with shimmer.
ReplyDelete#2. Sounds like a well deserved mini vacation to rest and rejuvenate! The church looks great, not sure what is creepy about it? I always love the water dvenes- they ate fluid and seem to dance in the moonlight. 💕 Xo, Evelyn, PathofPresence 🦋
ReplyDeleteI like the monochrome theme. Purple is my favorite color. I really like the glitter nails on the outer nails. I don’t think this is creepy at all. :)
ReplyDeleteI love your monochrome scenery! I'm happy you got some days off to rest!
ReplyDeleteWow!! This monochrome island nails looks really impressive and creative. I love the nail polish color you used.
ReplyDeleteIt is so hard to do a pretty and exiting looking mani just with monochrome paints but you did it. I love everything I see and even if purple is not my favorite color I love the final mani!
ReplyDeleteI love the church in moonlight background. This is an awesome nail art and I cannot even paint a single polish on my nails. Sighs!!
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This matt/ shimmer contrast is better than the shamrock one! It blends nicely and the shimmery nails doesn't seem out of place. Great attempt!
ReplyDeleteWOW! What amazing skills you've got there :) These nails are absolutely beautiful, and I love the shades you've used x
ReplyDeleteThe detail on these is really so impressive! How long do they tend to last for? x
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